National Business Education Accreditation Council

(NBEAC)
Islamabad
(A program of Higher Education Commission)
201, 2nd Floor , HRD Division, Higher Education Commission

Tel: +92-051-90800206/ +92Sector H-051--908002078, Islamabad., Fax: +92-051-90800208 Email:

nbeac@hec.gov.pk, http://www.nbeac.org.pk

NBEAC ACCREDITATION

BRIEF FOR ZERO VISIT

There are few Business Schools / DAI’s who have recently launched the business programs and

got registered with NBEAC. The basic criteria of entering in Self-Assessment Process is three

batches of a program graduated for each program to be evaluated. Business Schools can apply

to NBEAC for exemption of the mentioned criteria, if they feel that they are ready for

accreditation. To facilitate those DAI’s, NBEAC have started Zero Visits to inform the business

academic units about minimum requirements for accreditation. Zero visit is conducted on the

request (i.e. by email or letter) of Business Schools.

i. The zero visit team is composed of two members. Ideally, these members would not be

in the AIC/PRP or Business School team which prepares the Self-Assessment Report and

chalks out steps for Peer Review and Accreditation.

ii. The visit is ordinarily expected to be for only one working day. Any additional days or

visits may be arranged by the School.

iii. The team will interact with the School's Director/Dean, the Internal Committee and

the Faculty, as appropriate.

iv. On the basis of registration application, the secretariat will provide the checklist along

with minimum criteria to the respective zero visit team.

v. It is the responsibility of team to cross check the data provided and inform the business

school about accreditation process.

vi. The Business School will provide a brief presentation on the checklist (attached as

Annex-II) vii. The team is expected to submit a Report to NBEAC Secretariat clearly indicating

the status of Business School. The team will also communicate the time required by Business

School to submit the Self-Assessment Report. The Secretariat will dispatch the zero visit report

to the Business School in a week.

viii. Mentors can be appointed after submitting the zero visit report ix. Honorarium of Rs.

5000/- per visit is paid to each team member by the Business School. The Mentor's travel

expenses for the visits will be met by Business School including air fare, local

boarding/lodging/local transport and Honorarium. All payments of Zero Visits will be routed

through NBEAC Secretariat.